The Hispanic Education Endowment Fund recently held a lunch, workshop and recognition ceremony and reception for 102 recipients of its scholarships at the Delhi Center. High school graduates and transfer students will be attending such schools as USC, UCLA, Georgetown and Harvard. HEEF will begin accepting applications for a new round of awards on Oct. 15. For more information, visit heef.org.

Juan Francisco Lara, Chairman of the Hispanic Education Endowment Fund, makes Graciela Maldonado blush as he talks about past scholarship recipients' accomplishments during Sunday's ceremony. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
Juan Francisco Lara, Chairman of the Hispanic Education Endowment Fund, congratulates 2013 scholarship recipients during a ceremony at Santa Ana's Delhi Center on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
Hispanic Education Endowment Fund scholarship recipient Jesus Martinez shakes hands with Chapman University and Cal State Fullerton graduate Oliver Lopez, now a 5th-year Doctoral student in Bio Statistics at USC, as he is congratulated by past recipients during a ceremony at the Delhi Center in Santa Ana on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
PhD Candidate Carla Gonzalez, a past Hispanic Education Endowment Fund recipient, speaks at a ceremony honoring the 2013 scholarship recipients at the Delhi Center in Santa Ana on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
Joel Ojeda, bound for UC Santa Cruz in the fall, shakes hands with UCI graduate Graciela Maldonado, a past Hispanic Education Endowment Fund recipient, as he walks across the stage during a ceremony honoring the 2013 scholarship recipients at the Delhi Center in Santa Ana on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
PhD Candidate Carla Gonzalez, a past Hispanic Education Endowment Fund recipient, speaks at a ceremony honoring the 2013 scholarship recipients at the Delhi Center in Santa Ana on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
Marisol Sierra, left, bound for Williams College in the fall, shakes hands with UCI graduate Graciela Maldonado, a past Hispanic Education Endowment Fund recipient, as she walks across the stage during a ceremony honoring the 2013 scholarship recipients at the Delhi Center in Santa Ana on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
Juan Francisco Lara, Chairman of the Hispanic Education Endowment Fund, congratulates 2013 scholarship recipients during a ceremony at Santa Ana's Delhi Center on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
Hispanic Education Endowment Fund scholarship recipients Jennifer Lima, Carmen Beltran and Mario Mancilla, from left, stand with State Senator Lou Correa during a HEEF ceremony in Santa Ana on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
State Senator Lou Correa congratulates the 2013 recipients of the Hispanic Education Endowment Fund Scholarship during a ceremony in Santa Ana on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
Hispanic Education Endowment Fund scholarship recipients Jennifer Lima, left, attending UCI in the fall, and Adilene Perez, headed to Vanguard University, stand with HEEF chairman Juan Francisco Lara during an award recognition ceremony on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER
The 2013 recipients of the Hispanic Education Endowment Fund Scholarship pose for a group photo along with past recipients during a ceremony in the ballroom at the Delhi Center in Santa Ana on Sunday. JEFF ANTENORE, FOR THE REGISTER

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